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1998 Eagle Talon

Safety Score
93
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
17
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
1998-03-03 98V045002 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 27,527 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2005-12-15 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE HARMONIC BALANCER IN THE ENGINE FELL APART WHILE DRIVING. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO TH…
2005-09-15 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 ON AUG.24 2005 PURCHASED AN EAGLE TALON(1998)THE DAY WE BOUGHT IT THE CAR WOULDN'T START. THE SALES REP MESSED WITH SO…
2004-04-05 POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) No 0 WHILE DRIVING AT 100 MPH THE BACK WHEELS LOCKED UP. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL, ALMOST HITTING ANOTHER VEHI…
2004-03-04 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM No 0 WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO HEAR METAL AGAINST METAL. THE MECHANIC STATED THE BRAKE DRUMS HAD …
2002-05-01 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC No 0 THE CAR EXHIBITS A CONDITION WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BACK AND FORTH AS WELL AS HAVING A PULSATING PEDAL WHEN THE…
2002-03-04 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS No 0 TIMING BELT TENSIONER BOLT SNAPPED. RESULTANT TIMING BELT FAILURE BENT THE INTAKE VALVES. THIS REQUIRED THE HEAD TO B…
2001-06-02 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL, CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK CONSUMER IS CONCERN…
2001-05-20 SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT No 0 CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V421002/ MANUFACTURER'S RCALL 967 FOR LOWER BALL JOINTS AT END OF MAY. DEALER DIDN'T HAV…
2001-04-13 SEATS No 0 I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM A LOCAL MALL GOING APPROXIMATLY 35 MPH WHEN MY SEAT WITHOUT WARNING BROKE, IT FELL BACK IN TH…
2001-02-03 TIRES No 0 INITIAL TIRE BLOWOUT IN FEB, 2001 (PASSENGER FRONT TIRE AND RIM REPLACED) SECOND TIRE WENT FLAT AND COULD NOT BE REPAIR…
1999-05-17 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP No 0 WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY STEERING BELT FAILED WORK, AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO STEER VEHICLE, AN…
1999-01-23 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL Yes 0 WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH DASH PANEL INSOLATION SLIDES DOWN INTO THROTTLE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. …
1998-10-02 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP No 0 PULLEY BELT WITHIN THE STEERING MECHANISM HAS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES, PULLEY BELT HAS BEEN R…
1998-01-29 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL No 0 VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CONSUMER WENT INSIDE. THEN TURNED VEHICLE ON AND IT ACELLERATED DUE TO THOTTLE PEDAL GETTING S…
1901-01-01 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL No 0 FOIA REQUEST FOR CERTIFIED COPIES OF INFORMATION/DOCUMENTS REC'D OR FWD TO CHRYLSER OR CONSUMERS RE: 1998 EAGLE TALON D…
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS No 0 VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. *MR THE PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE HAD BROKEN OFF WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER TRIED TO GET IN TH…
CHILD SEAT No 0 MANUFACTURED 25FEB98, 20 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER CAN CLIMB OUT BECAUSE CLASP THAT HOLDS STRAPS TOGETHER IS EASILY PUSHED DOW…